Overview

Since its publication in 1981, Alasdair MacIntyre's After Virtue has been recognised as a classic. Primarily a work of moral philosophy, it also draws on sociology, classics, political science and theology to effect a unique intellectual synthesis, and its combination of erudition and challenging, even provocative argument has made a significant impact throughout the humanities disciplines. This volume of new essays unpacks the influence of After Virtue on ethical and political theory, sociology and theology, and offers a multi-faceted exploration of its significance. The essays offer a way into MacIntyre's philosophy, and demonstrate how, rather than waning in influence over the past forty years, his most seminal text has found an ever-wider audience and continues to inspire controversy and debate in the humanities.

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Author:   Tom Angier (University of Cape Town)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
ISBN:  

9781316513781

ISBN 10:   1316513785
Pages:   340
Publication Date:   26 October 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I. After Virtue and Ethical Theory: 1. After virtue and virtue ethics Tom Angier; 2. After virtue and happiness Jennifer Herdt; 3. After virtue: nietzsche or aristotle, institutions and practices Kelvin Knight; Part II. After Virtue and Political Theory: 4. After virtue's critique of liberalism David Rondel; 5. After virtue and the rise of postliberalism Nathan Pinkoski; 6. After virtue and conservatism David McPherson; 7. After virtue as a real utopia Jason Blakely; Part III. After Virtue and Narrative: 8. Form, style and voice in after virtue Stephen Mulhall; 9. After virtue, narrative and the human good Micah Lott; 10. After virtue as a narrative of revolutionary practical reason Christopher Lutz; Part IV. After Virtue beyond Philosophy: 11. Theological overtones in after virtue Charles Pinches; 12. Law as social practice: after virtue and legal theory Mark Retter; 13. After virtue, managers and business ethics Paul Blackledge.

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Tom Angier is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cape Town. He is the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Natural Law Ethics (Cambridge, 2019)., and the author of Human Nature, Human Goods: A Theory of Natural Perfectionism (Cambridge, forthcoming).

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